In deference to Ms Irene, a Manhattan Hurricane. Sophisticated, but a bit fierce and unruly.
Warning: The images in this post were created for educational purposes only. I apologise in advance for any distress they may cause you.
It’s come to my attention that I need to address that great photography style brought to our fair internet by social media and ubiquitous cell phone cameras. That’s right: the mirror picture. As you may know, the mirror picture is a horrible, horrible thing. But sadly, it’s probably with us to stay. So rather than vainly trying to get rid of them, here are some tips for making your douchey photos slightly less terrible.
1. Just Don’t
Nothing says ‘I have no friends’ like taking a picture of yourself in a mirror. - Lady Bunny
The mirror picture is just not a good way to present yourself to the world. If you need a profile picture you’re much better off having a friend take the picture for you. Or you can invest in a tripod and just pretend it’s your friend.
That said, there are situations when this is the most convenient way to get a picture of something. Perhaps your hair is just so awesome today you feel the need to document it, or maybe a bird shat on you and you’d like to share your shame with the world. But try to keep this photo style to those spur-of-the-moment photo opportunities. When it looks like you actually planned out this photo shoot and spent an hour posing for yourself in the bathroom mirror, it just looks like you have nothing better to do with your time.Â
2. Put on a Goddamn Shirt
Here it is, the classic shirtless mirror pic. This is most commonly used by Congressmen on Twitter and GrindrDouches™. Keep in mind these are places where the height of discourse peaks at, “sup? wanna fuck?”. In fact, that correlation is so strong it’s pretty much the only message you can send with this photo. So if you are neither an elected official nor partaking in digital cruising rituals, put a damn shirt on.
3. Look at the Camera
The worst part about mirror pictures is that the subject inevitably seems to be staring off in a random direction. I get it, mirrors are hard! They’re bewitched portals to a bizarro backwards world. But you really can understand it.
Don’t look at yourself in the mirror like you usually would, and don’t just stare intently at the back of your phone. All you have to do is look directly at the camera lens like you do for other pictures. The only difference is that you have to look at the reflection of the camera lens in the mirror. Congratulations! Now you can at least take a picture without that confused looking stare off to the side.
Now try as we might to avoid it, sooner or later you’re probably going to feel compelled to take a picture of yourself in the mirror. Just understand that even if you have the best of reasons, this style has been so abused that you can’t use it without coming off at least a little douchey by association. But if you follow these simple guidelines, you can at least make it a little more palatable. And the internet will be a slightly less douchey place because of it.
This is genius. Also, black and yellow, black and yellow, black and yellow, black and yellow.
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I understand if you have hipster fatigue, but you need it watch this video! It’s delightfully informative.
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All MTV Networks are running colour bars this half-hour. They do this every once in a while but I’m not sure why.
